Improvement in bag-holders



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No. 217,936. Patented July 29,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL GEISER, OF WAYNESBOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN BAG-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,936, dated July 29, 1879 application filed May 22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL GEISER, of Waynesborough,in the county of Franklin an d State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BagHolders and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of conveyer-hopper and bag-holder frame with measuring-platform attached; Fig. 2, a perspective of bagholder with bags attached and my bag and mouth-piece separated from holder; Fig. 3, a detached view of mouth-piece, and Fig. 4 a cross-section through a: w of Fig. 2.

My invention relates to devices for holding bags and other vessels while being filled with grain; and it consists in aframe constructed to be attached to the vessel from which the grain issues, and to receive two or more bags, and to be free to be turned or revolved, so that while one bag is being filled the one just before filled can be removed and replaced by an empty bag, whereby the filling operation might be termed a continuous one.

As indicated by accompanying drawings, the main portion of the holder consists of a frame, A, composed of, say, three arms, a b 0,

each arm provided with T ends, as shown in.

Figs. 1 and 2, and having ledges d cast or otherwise formed at the lower corners of the T ends of the arms.

A pin, B, passes through the center of the frame A, and secures two plates or disks, 0 D, thereto, one to the top and the other to the bottom. These plates are of such a diameter as to form ledges at the corners, and the same pin also secures a forked arm, E, to the frame.

The frame may be loosely connected to the disks 0 D by the pin, so as to turn between them; but instead of being so connected, the disks may be fastened rigidly to the frame,

'the hopper.

The mouth-piece F, for holding open the mouth of the bag, is constructed of asize and form to fit between the arms of the frame A, and its -three corners rest on the ledges d and disk 0 in the corners of the frame, and on the inside of its frontis formed a pin, f.

The open end of the bag is inserted through the mouth-piece F, and its edge turned over the sides of the mouth-piece, as shown in Fig. 4, and a portion of the bag, preferably the fold, hooked on the pin f, as shown in the same figure.

The mouth-piece with the bag thus attached is set between two of the arms of the frame and rests on the ledges, and is. prevented from tilting by reason of one corner of the mouth-piece bearing against the disk D, that corner being inserted between the disks 0 and D.

The space between the mouthpieces and the arm-s of the frame is generally equal to the thickness of the bag, and when the latter is attached to the mouth-piece, as described, the fold at the mouth of the bag, with the exception of that portion hooked on the pin, is below the mouth-piece and arms, and, being thicker than the width of the space between the mouth-piece and arms, cannot be pulled out from between the two.

The frame thus constructed and secured to the hopper, and having the bags suspended therefrom, is in condition for operation.

The slide in the hopper is opened, and as soon as sufficient grain has fallen to fill the bag the frame is turned. This carries the filled bag from under the hopper, and brings an empty bag in position to be filled. In this way no time is lost in removing one bag and bringing another in position.

This device is simple in construction and effective and labor-saving in its operation.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The revolving frame A, in combination In testimony that I claim the foregoing as with mouth-piece F and arm E, all substanmy own I affix my signature in presence of tially asset forth. two witnesses. 4

2. The frame A, consisting of arms a I) c, DANIEL GEISER. having T ends anclledges d, and disks 0 D, Witnesses: in combination with mouth-piece F, adapted Trros. S. CUNNINGHAM, to fit into the frame, as set forth. A. N. RUSSELL. 

